by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Kentucky for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Anthropology is the 77th most popular major in the country with 11,415 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, anthropology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,616 and had an average of $23,038 in loans still to pay off.
Across Kentucky, there were 103 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,146 and $22,346 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 89 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,941 and $26,734 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Kentucky for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in anthropology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in anthropology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky bachelor’s degree anthropology students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Kentucky for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Louisville is a public institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Kentucky for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #2 spot on the list. UK is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 20 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Kentucky University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Kentucky for a Bachelor’s. NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Kentucky for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Kentucky for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Richmond, Kentucky, this fairly large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s anthropology students in 2020-2021.
Transylvania University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Anthropology Major in Kentucky for a Bachelor’s ranking. Transylvania University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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